This collection consists of letters from Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant (1946-1954) as well as Teilhard and Teilhard-related publications (1923-1957).
Letters from Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant discussing spiritual matters, his written works and travels, and her son Tanguy Tolila-Croissant. Arranged chronologically.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated October 26, 1948 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant discussing his necessity to leave Rome in order to revise work for his masters. There is reference of compassion for the absence of Tanguy Croissant. Theilhard de Chardin touches on discussion of the human condition.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated December 29, 1948 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant. This short note expresses New Year's wishes and condolences for the loss of her son, Tanguy. He will have free time to meet the following week and implores her to finish her book.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated December 29, 1949 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant discussing the difficulty of being in the world but not necessarily being of this world. He mentions his continued prayers for Tanguy Croissant.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated April 19, 1950 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant encouraging her to remember that all is in God's plan; the most difficult part is to wait for it. It is only then when she will be at peace with the loss of her son Tanguy.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated March 8, 1953 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant opens with imploring Croissant to have patience, to reflect, and continue the memory of her son, Tanguy. He discusses that he might be writing a new version of "Le Phenomene Humain titled "L'avenir de l'Espice Humain."
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated August 10, 1947 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant. He congratulates her on her marriage as well as offers consolation for her mourning of Tanguy. He discusses briefly the necessity of the phenomenal aspects that only l'Homme can bring and the changes occurring in Christianity.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated April 26, 1947 from Teilhard de Chardin to Croissant expressing his condolences for her loss of Tanguy, praise that she is enjoying her new job, and encourages Croissant to seek God to enrich her life. He mentions the he recently returned from Versailles and will begin writing soon.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated December 22, 1948 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant. This short note expresses that Teilhard must meet with a certain professor from Cambridge. After doing so, he will be en route to the Palais de Chaillot to meet a friend, Rivet. He offers Christmas wishes and condolences for Croissant's son, Tanguy.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated June 15, 1952 from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant on the one year anniversary of the disappearnance of her son, Tanguy. He also discusses the enemies of L'homme as being the doctors and humanists (surrounding an anthropological debate). He discusses the "Convergence" of humans, the contestation surrounding it, and the possibility of going to America to distance himself from the conflict.
1 Autographed Letter Signed (in French) dated September 22, 1946 from Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant discussing the eternal and inevitable problem of evil (especially as manifested through the death of her son Tanguy) and the trust one should have in the course of the universe (and the one who animates the universe). He also writes that he will send Adrienne a copy of "The Divine Milieu" and asks when she will come to Paris.